Elaine has two sets of standards for measuring the value of items.
The first is how much money can be exchanged for this thing.
The second is how much face this thing can change.
In her eyes, everything in the world, all-encompassing, is ultimately money and face.
For example, Charlie gave her a set of top-notch caviar skincare products at a purchase price of nearly 400,000, and it can sell at least 300,000 for takeaway, so she can clearly feel the weight of the three hundred thousand.
This is in line with her first set of standards, and it is valuable!
For another example, Elaine can not only sell 100,000 for takeaways, but also enjoy the envy and hatred of others, and let her feel the weight of more than 100,000. , But also feel very special.
This is in line with her second set of standards, face.
At this time, she looked at the set of antiques and thought with a lack of interest: “If an item can’t be exchanged for money, and can’t be brought to the house to impress others, how valuable is it?”
“This blue and white elephant ear bottle do seem to be very valuable, but it can’t be sold out, and can’t be taken out to show off, so in the eyes of the Old Lady, it is a worthless waste.”
“Unless the Old Lady steals it and sells it another day, sell it for thousands”
However, Elaine changed her mind and thought again: “No! Charlie gave this thing to Jacob. If I sell it secretly, it doesn’t matter if Jacob is angry. If Charlie is angry, it will be difficult to handle.”
Thinking of this, Elaine could only give up the idea of playing this pair of blue and white dragon-shaped elephant ear bottles.
At this time, Orvel continued to read the gift list.
Qin Gang gave an emerald worth 50 million, and Solmon gave a pink diamond of about the same value.
The two are relatively familiar and have a good relationship. At the last auto show, the two men gave Charlie a sports car each, so this time they discussed in advance and gave valuable jewelry together.
Although they are all jewels with similar value, they are of different varieties, so they are not afraid of crashing.
At this time, Aoxue and Fred each held a gift box and displayed the gems in it.
Two gems, one green, and one pink, reflect colorful colors under the light, and the appearance is really perfect.
Elaine was so interested in these two gems that even her eyes fell out.
She couldn’t help thinking of the jade bracelet that Qin Gang had given to Charlie before.
The bracelet was worth at least several million. Charlie gave it to Claire, and was later stolen by Elaine to wear it. When wearing it, she took it as her own, but it was set up by Horiyah. It was accidentally broken. This has always been a pain in Elaine’s heart that she does not want to recall.
Moreover, since then, Elaine hasn’t had much jewelry.
Now that she saw these two crystal and perfect gems, she suddenly moved her mind again, wishing that she could use both gems to make a necklace and put it on her neck and go out to impress people around in the market.
However, she dare not think about such a thing. If Charlie didn’t tell her, she would never dare to steal it.
After the gems were displayed, Orvel continued to read: “Mr. Tailai, presents Master a EC145 helicopter produced by Eurocopter!”
As soon as these words came out, the audience was deeply shocked!
Just now, Mr. Song had delivered the yacht, and Tailai gave a helicopter
Claire was also shocked to hear this. Now that he received the gift, she was already a little scared.
Fear, because these gifts are too expensive!
It is so precious that even those high-class people would never give such a precious gift.
So far, the prices of all the gifts mentioned are in the tens of millions, or even higher. Take anyone out, they are all valuable treasures. As a result, these people have all used them to give to Charlie. Claire felt very magical.
Tailai said at this time: “Master, I heard that you don’t often leave Aurous Hill. Haicheng is not too far away from Aurous Hill. It may take four or five hours to drive, but if you take a helicopter, you can visit in a short time, so I gave you a helicopter. If you have any short- and medium-distance commuting needs, you can take the helicopter directly, which is much faster than a car.”
Charlie nodded slightly: “Tailai always has a heart.”
In fact, for Charlie now, whether it is a hot spring villa, a private yacht, or a private helicopter, these are actually not attractive to him.
When he was very young, the Wade family owned almost all kinds of civilian transportation.
Millions and tens of millions of luxury cars are not worth mentioning. Wade family has several private jets worth hundreds of millions or even billions.
Villas and manors worth more than 100 million cannot be counted anywhere in the world.
Not to mention luxury yachts.
In fact, when Charlie’s father was young, he bought a luxury cruise ship. It was a luxury cruise ship that could carry hundreds of people and could carry helicopters to travel around the world.
Back then, Changying bought a luxury cruise ship entirely to make his wife happy.
Although Charlie’s mother is also a descendant of elite family, she is a foreign Chinese. The whole family is on the other side of the ocean. She grew up in the West and advocated outdoor travel.
In order to meet the needs of his wife to visit family and travel, Changying bought the luxury cruise ship with huge sums of money and promised that he would spend two months each year to accompany her on the cruise ship to visit relatives on the other side of the ocean and cross half of the earth along the way. They could also travel together.
From the age of three, Charlie followed his parents back to his grandmother’s house every year on a luxury cruise until his parents had an accident at the age of eight.
Others expect to be able to travel around the world before death, and Charlie has traveled around once a year since he was three years old.
In those few years, he lived a luxurious life that many people could not enjoy in his entire life, so that he personally had no pursuit of material things.
Everyone saw that so many gifts were given, Charlie’s expression was still very calm, and everyone couldn’t help feeling a little embarrassed. They knew that none of these gifts seemed to be given to Charlie’s heart.
Later, Liang gave Charlie a jade-carved Guan Yunchang. In his words, Guan Yunchang is the god of wealth, who can protect Charlie’s safety and wealth.
Charlie smiled and thanked him for it.
Finally from Orvel himself, he took out a beautifully packaged gift box, handed it to Charlie, and said seriously: “Master, there is a little effort here.”
Charlie said with a smile: “Mr. Orvel, you read so many gifts from so many people, why don’t you tell me what your own gift is?”
Orvel said embarrassingly: “This, I am afraid that Master will be dissatisfied with the things in here.”
Charlie shook his head: “No matter what you give, I am very grateful, how can I be dissatisfied.”
Orvel nodded and said earnestly: “Master, here is a villa near the imperial palace in Tokyo, Japan.”
When everyone heard that Orvel gave Charlie a villa in Tokyo, they were all surprised, and they didn’t understand why Orvel wanted to send Charlie to his villa in Japan.
But after a moment of surprise, Issac and Liang suddenly realized in their hearts!
At the same time, they all sighed in their hearts, why didn’t they think of this!
Back in Japan, they had been by Charlie’s side, busy assembling the production line of Kobayashi Pharmaceuticals. After everyone arrived in Osaka, Charlie suddenly wanted to go to Kyoto alone.
At that moment, Orvel guessed that Charlie must have been looking for Nanako.
Orvel is a very smart person, and he has served with Charlie for a long time, knowing more about some things about Charlie than others around him.
He had long seen that Charlie seemed to have some appreciation for the Japanese female fighter named Nanako, and then the female fighter returned to Japan for treatment because of an injury during the match.
Orvel paid attention to Nanako’s follow-up. She first received treatment in Tokyo, and then went to Kyoto to train, but Charlie suddenly went to Kyoto when he was in Osaka, he suddenly guessed the reason.
What is even more bizarre is that Charlie drove to Kyoto that same day, and then drove from Kyoto to Tokyo at night. Combined with the Japanese news reports on a series of times at that time, Orvel used these clues to structure the whole thing in his mind. And the guess is not bad.
He knew that Nanako inherited the Ito family and began to work hard to become the heir of the Ito family. He also knew that the Ito family had a luxurious mansion near the imperial residence in Tokyo, so he simply bought it next to the Ito family mansion. Now, this mansion is given to Charlie.
In his opinion, this should be what he liked, Charlie would definitely like it very much.
Issac and Liang also followed Charlie all the way to Japan, so they also knew the outline of the matter.
Suddenly, they found that Orvel had given Charlie a villa in Tokyo, and he immediately knew what Orvel was thinking.
While admiring him, the two were also annoyed that they did not expect this level.
Charlie heard that Orvel had given him a villa in Tokyo, his first thought was also surprised.
As soon as he came up, he didn’t want to understand why Orvel gave him a villa in Tokyo, and it seemed to be very close to the Ito family’s residence in Tokyo.
Then, he immediately realized that Orvel should have seen some clues, so he came specifically to meet his needs.
At this moment, Charlie suddenly felt a little mixed.
He really admires Nanako and knows her feelings for him, but he is married after all, so he really shouldn’t get too close to her.
Before in Japan, the reason why he wanted to see her was mainly to heal her injuries, but he didn’t expect so many things to happen later.
After curing Nanako and sending her to Tokyo safely, Charlie had already let go of it.
But now Orvel suddenly gave away a villa in Tokyo, and immediately deepened the image of Nanako in Charlie’s mind.
At this time, Elaine clapped her hands happily: “Oh, I have long wanted to go to Japan to see cherry blossoms, do shopping, etc. If I have my own villa in Tokyo, wouldn’t I be able to go there often?”
Orvel said hurriedly: “Ms. Elaine, you can go there at any time. I also arranged for a few servants in Tokyo to be on standby around the clock to ensure that no matter what time you go there, it is in the best condition and there are people dedicated to you. Do their best to take care of you!”
“Oh, that’s really great!” Elaine said excitedly: “I, I wanted to travel abroad for a long time, but it’s a pity that I have been unhappy in the early years, and there is no chance. Now My son-in-law has a good life, and I will have to go out often in the future!”
With that, she asked Mr. Song: “Oh, Mr. Song, can the yacht you gave go all the way to Japan?”
Old Song hurriedly replied: “Ms. Elaine, that yacht has a maximum range of more than 2,000 nautical miles, which is nearly 4,000 kilometers, which is enough to travel all the way from Aurous Hill to the estuary, and then to Tokyo, but because this involves entry and exit. So you have to report to the customs in advance.”
Elaine immediately said to Charlie excitedly: “Good son-in-law, let’s take some time and sail the yacht to travel to Japan by ourselves. What do you think?”
Charlie said vaguely: “Let’s talk about this when I have time.”
Elaine hurriedly said: “Time is not easy to tell? Your dad and I don’t go to work, and you don’t go to work, she started running the company on her own. She is the boss herself. Wouldn’t it be a matter of a sentence when you want to take a holiday?”
Claire hurriedly said: “Mom, what are you talking about? Entrepreneurship requires focus to be effective. How can I leave the company and go traveling by myself”
Elaine said, “It doesn’t matter. You will stay and continue to work and let Charlie take us to Tokyo. It just so happens that we are not at home, so you can focus more on your company.”
Claire was speechless at once.
Although she didn’t want her family to go travel alone, but Elaine said this very skillfully.
She first asked Claire to go with them, but she refused on the grounds of working hard to run the business.
So she said let Claire stay and start his own business. Claire couldn’t refute it, otherwise she would just slap herself in the face.
So Claire had no choice but to say: “Hey, do whatever you like.”
Charlie smiled slightly, and said: “Don’t talk about it for now, the Chinese New Year will be coming soon. Naturally, I will spend the holidays at home during this time. As for whether to go out to travel, I will wait until the end of the New Year.”
Elaine nodded hurriedly, and said with a smile: “OK, son-in-law, mom listens to you!”
Charlie gave a hum, then looked at everyone, and said seriously: “I really thank you all for coming here today, and you gave me so many gifts, which cost everyone.”
Everyone hurriedly said: “Where and why, this is what we should do!”
Charlie looked at the people and smiled and said, “As the saying goes, courtesy is about to come and go, after the New Year, I will definitely prepare a gift in return for everyone. At that time, I will have to trouble Mr. Qin Gang to help me prepare some materials.”
As soon as these words came out, all those who came to pay the New Year’s greetings showed an unquenchable ecstasy.
They knew that Charlie wanted to give back some pills!
Otherwise, he would never say, let Qin Gang prepare the materials!
What does Qin Gang do?
He specializes in various Chinese herbal medicines!
Charlie’s first refining medicine was the material Qin Gang provided!
Charlie now asked him to prepare the materials, not to make a pill, what else could it be?
The reason why Charlie didn’t say it clearly was because he didn’t want to directly mention the medicine in front of his wife and father-in-law.
He did not let his family know whether it was the previous basic medicine or the later rejuvenating medicine.
However, these people present have all been blessed by him, and they will understand as long as the words are used.
Charlie’s rejuvenation pills are not much.
Moreover, as the saying goes, rare things are expensive. Tailai spent two billion on a rejuvenating pill, which proved that the rejuvenating pill is completely worth the price for the rich, so he did not intend to use the pill to return gifts to everyone.
If this kind of thing is really bad, it will naturally not appear so scarce, and its value will naturally fall.
Therefore, Charlie planned to ask Qin Gang to find some raw materials and refine a batch of the first pill that he had refined at the beginning, and then give one to each one who came to give gifts today.
Everyone just came to pay a New Year greeting to Charlie and give some gifts for the New Year, but they didn’t expect that Charlie would actually give them a pill in return, so everyone seemed very excited. Suddenly, no matter how much money was spent, it was 10,000. worth it.
Afterwards, everyone exchanged glances, and Orvel said, “Master, with so many of us here, it will definitely affect your family’s original plan. We will leave first!”
Charlie nodded and said, “After the New Year is over, I will choose a time to invite everyone to dinner, and I will take it with you in return.”
Everyone hurriedly clasped their fists and bowed, and said uniformly, “Master, thank you!”
The mighty convoy drove away. After Charlie’s family watched them leave at the door, Elaine was the first to break the restraint and blurted out: “My God, it’s really developed today! It’s a villa again. It’s a yacht and a helicopter again. It really sums up to a lot of money!”
Jacob was also excited, and muttered: “The pair of blue and white elephant ear bottles are really good treasures at the national treasure level! I have to go and see again!”
Elaine looked at Charlie at this time and said, “By the way, son-in-law! I think they still have a lot of gift boxes left. What are they, why didn’t they say?”
Charlie shook his head: “don’t know what’s in there. If you want to know, you might as well open it.”
Elaine said happily, “I just want to see what it is! Then I will go and open it one by one!”
Claire was a little nervous at this time, but also a little worried and said, “Charlie, why do they give you so many precious gifts? These things are worth hundreds of millions. Isn’t this too much? How can we? What about you?”
Charlie smiled and said, “I help them, and they give us gifts. It’s all things you love and I want. What’s wrong?”
Claire said: “This value is too high after all. Can you show them Feng Shui, can it be worth so much?”
Charlie nodded: “As long as you believe in this thing, you are willing to spend as much money. There used to be a great quack master, so many big stars and rich people regarded him as a guest, and they also spent a lot of money for him. Isn’t it because they believe that quack can change their destiny?”
Claire hurriedly said, “But wasn’t that quack master finally exposed? It was all a lie.”
Charlie smiled and said: “He was a liar, but I am not.”
As he said, he said again: “I show these people Feng Shui, these people have got great benefits without exception, otherwise, why do you think they have always believed in me? Of course they believe it only after seeing the effect.”
Claire asked again: “Then you said you want to return a gift to them, what are you going to return?”
Charlie said: “I will return to each of them a set of special Talisman.”
“Talisman?!” Claire asked in surprise: “Is it the kind of amulet that costs a few coins in the temple?”
Charlie nodded: “It’s almost the same, but the difference is that what the temple sells is consecrated by the monks, and what I do is consecrated by myself.”
Claire said with some worry: “Is it reliable for you to do all this? I always feel very worried, for fear that you will be taken away someday.”
Charlie comforted: “My wife, don’t worry, I’m a businessman, I always do business with integrity and fairness. I have been showing Feng Shui for a long time. Do you see anyone coming to trouble me?”
Claire was asked by Charlie at once.
Charlie was right.
For such a long time, he saw that Feng Shui had not made less money, and he also made a large villa of more than one billion, but none of those customers came to trouble him.
Especially Solmon.
The villa was given by Solmon, and Solmon just gave a priceless pink diamond, which proves that Charlie must have really helped him and he will be so loyal.
At this time, Elaine persuaded: “Oh, Claire, you don’t understand Feng Shui and other things, so don’t argue Charlie.”
After that, she started to face and said very seriously: “Mom doesn’t expect you to help Charlie in his career, but Mom will never allow you to hold back his legs! Our family’s future will be all dependent on Charlie!”
“Mom” Claire was choked by Elaine and was speechless.
She could see that her mother had completely fallen to Charlie, and nothing she says could be of any use.
So, she sighed helplessly: “Hey, I’m going to the company first”
Elaine hurriedly said: “Claire, why don’t you wait for Mom to finish the present before leaving?”
Claire shook his head and said, “I’m already very late, everyone is still waiting for me to hold a summary meeting.”
Elaine said, “That’s OK, then you go first. If there is something good, Mom will take a picture and send it to you!”
Claire gave a hum, and said to Charlie and Jacob: “Husband, Dad, I’m leaving now.”
Charlie nodded: “Drive slowly on the road and pay attention to safety.”
Claire hurriedly said, “Don’t worry, I will pay attention.”
After Claire drove away, Charlie returned to the villa living room.
At this time, Jacob and Elaine had already taken apart a pile of gift boxes by herself.
Elaine opened a gift box and exclaimed in excitement: “d*mn! It turned out to be a limited edition Chanel bag!”
Jacob took out a bottle of Moutai. After reading it carefully, he was stunned and said: “My God, this is a five-star Moutai made in 58! There are very few in stock, and a bottle appeared at auctions a few years ago. It sold for 2.99 million!”
“What?!” Elaine asked in horror: “A bottle of Moutai, 2.99 million?! Are you crazy?!”
Jacob curled his lips: “Look at you who have never seen the world! The 2.99 million Maotai scared you like this? I tell you, there is also a kind of Maotai that only has ten bottles in the country, called Handi Maotai, which is worth thousands of Million each!”
“Handi Maotai?” Elaine frowned and asked, “What do you mean? Moutai dug out from the dry land?!”
Jacob said contemptuously: “You even went to college because you were Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, not a dry land of arid land!”
Elaine sipped: “Bah! Who do you look down on? It’s obvious that you haven’t said clearly, so do you know Emperor Wu of Han?”
Jacob immediately retorted: “You definitely don’t know who Emperor Wu of Han is. If you can tell the name of Emperor Wu of Han today, I will count you as a college student!”
Elaine was speechless immediately.
She really can’t remember who Emperor Wu of Han is
Seeing her anxious look, Jacob sneered: “What? Can’t remember? Was the university in vain?”
Elaine said angrily: “Why are you so sepaking much bull$hit? I tell you Jacob, the bottle of wine in your hand is worth three million, and you absolutely can’t drink it! Save it and wait for it to appreciate later before selling it!”
Jacob annoyed and said, “This is what someone gave to my son-in-law Charlie. It’s up to you to tell me? My son-in-law says drink and drink, my son-in-law says sell it, and my son-in-law says just smash it, and you can only watch it. Leave!”
“You”
Seeing the two arguing again, Charlie shook his head helplessly.
At this time, his mobile phone rang suddenly, and it was Sara who called. So he said to the couple, “Dad and Mom, I have something to do. I will go back to the room first.”
After finishing talking, he went straight into the elevator without waiting for their response.
Charlie returned to his room and then connected to Sara’s video call and asked her: “Hey, Sara.”
“Charlie!” In the video, Sara, wearing a nightgown at home, waved at him excitedly.
In the video, Sara has no makeup, and her long black hair is casually draped over her shoulders. Without the full aura of a top star, she is more like a beautiful girl next door.
At this time, she happily asked: “Charlie, what are you doing?”
Charlie smiled and said, “I’m not busy. Isn’t it the New Year right away? Just prepare some New Year’s goods at home.”
Sara smiled happily: “Hehe, me too! This year we will return to the old house in Hwai for the New Year!”
With that, she switched the cameras and took a picture of the surrounding environment. As expected, she was in the courtyard of the Gu family.
Charlie couldn’t help asking: “Sara, your courtyard is so big, does it seem a little deserted for a family of three to celebrate the New Year?”
“No!” Sara said with a smile: “This year I will spend the New Year with my second and third uncles. There are three big families in total, which is quite lively.”
Charlie nodded, thinking of her second and third uncles, and couldn’t help but ask: “Sara, your second and third uncles, how are you doing lately? Didn’t you make any trouble with your family?”
Sara hurriedly said, “No, no! My second uncle and third uncle have a good attitude these days. I ran home every three days, and every time I went, I brought big and small bags of various gifts!”
“Oh, by the way, this year I will go back to my old house for the New Year. The two of them proposed to my dad. They said that the family hadn’t been together for a long time for a lively New Year. So they wanted to get together for a while, dad agreed.”
Charlie knew that Sara’s second Uncle Yanzheng and third Uncle Yangang, as well as their sons, are still in a state of infertility. During this period of time, you can guess that they must be very honest.
After all, they still hope to please Philip’s family and get their forgiveness.
Before, they had signed an agreement with Philip, and everything in the future will only be in the hands of Philip, so now they can’t make any more storms.
So Charlie said with satisfaction: “That’s good, if your two uncles are still unruly, you must tell me the first time.”
Sara nodded quickly and said, “Charlie, wait a moment, I’ll go to my parents’ room, they have something to tell you too!”
Charlie hurriedly asked: “You wear more clothes, this dress looks like you wear it in summer, don’t freeze.”
Sara said with a sweet smile: “I won’t freeze, because the entire courtyard is covered with floor heating, and the heat is sufficient. The room has always been around 28 degrees.”
Charlie was relieved now.
In his mind, Sara is not so much a fiancee who has a marriage contract and a parental matchmaker’s agreement, but a little sister who has been by his side since childhood.
Therefore, Charlie also cared very much about her.
In the video, Sara trot all the way, through the huge hall, to the room of Philip and Lenan.
Philip was drinking tea and reading at his desk at this time. Lenan burned a small furnace of sandalwood and brought the incense burner to Philip’s desk. Seeing Sara rushing in at this time, he hurriedly said: “Sara, you be careful, don’t fall!”
Sara said excitedly: “Mom, I’m videoing with Charlie!”
When Philip heard the word Charlie, he immediately put down the book in his hand, and asked excitedly: “Are you videoing with Charlie? Hurry up, let me talk to him!”
Sara quickly placed the phone on the desk, with the camera and screen facing Philip.
Philip’s complexion was very good at this time, and his whole state was very young. Seeing Charlie in the video, he immediately smiled and said, “Charlie! How are you in Aurous Hill recently?”
Charlie smiled and said, “Looking back at Uncle, everything is fine, how are you and Aunt Lenan?”
“Okay! We are fine!” Philip nodded repeatedly. At this time, Lenan stood beside him, looked at Charlie on the screen, and said with a smile: “Charlie, when will you come to Eastcliff for a few days? Uncle has been thinking of you especially recently. Basically, I have to listen about you several times a day, and my ears are about to grow cocoons.”
Charlie smiled and said, “Uncle and Auntie, when I finish my work, I will make time to visit Eastcliff to see you two.”
Standing on the other side of Philip, Sara murmured dissatisfiedly: “What do you mean by seeing them, then what should I do? You don’t have to see me?”
Charlie hurriedly smiled and said, “Of course I have to meet you as well. I made a mistake. I have time to see you, Uncle and Auntie! Are you satisfied now?”
Sara hummed triumphantly: “This is pretty much better!”
At this time, Philip said: “By the way, Charlie, I heard that Cynthia came to Aurous Hill?”
“Yes.” Charlie smiled slightly: “Uncle, have you heard about it?”
Philip smiled and said, “Your grandpa called me this morning and told me about you and Cynthia.”
Charlie asked in surprise: “He knows that I have met you?”
Philip shook his head: “He didn’t know yet, so he thought I hadn’t received your message yet, so he told me about you.”
Charlie asked puzzledly: “Why does he want to tell you these things?”
Philip smiled and said, “I see what he meant, mainly because he wanted to tell me your news, and then asked me if I was still willing to fulfill the promise I made with your dad and let you get married with my daughter.”
Charlie couldn’t help but feel embarrassed.
It seemed that Grandpa meant that he still wanted to get himself back to the Wade family, and then let himself go to marry Sara.
At this time, Philip also saw Charlie’s embarrassment and hurriedly said: “Charlie, don’t put any pressure on this matter. I just told your grandfather that I am willing to fulfill my promise, but I also said that in this matter the opinion of children must be respected.”
After speaking, Philip said again: “Charlie, you still come at your own pace. Since I said, our family waited for you for many years and we must wait for you for more.”
Charlie nodded lightly and said: “Uncle, thank you for your understanding.”
Philip waved his hand and said, “Uncle’s life is yours. You don’t have to be so polite with me.”
Immediately, Philip said again: “Oh, yes, your grandfather asked me to persuade you, after all, you and Miss Cynthia are all in the same family. Don’t be so angry, let alone hurt your peace.”
Charlie said: “Uncle, my aunt is too domineering, and my grandfather doesn’t give her the necessary restraint. When she arrived in Aurous Hill, she drank and arrogated me, and went to Mother-in-law to gossip. , She is really too arrogant.”
Philip nodded and said, “Miss Cynthia is in Eastcliff. That is notoriously difficult to deal with. I didn’t expect that going to Aurous Hill would let you get cured.”
Charlie said indifferently: “If she is not too much, I don’t want to be familiar with her.”
Philip smiled slightly and said, “Your grandfather still wants me to persuade you. If you have time, go back to Wade’s house. This year’s Spring Festival is over. After the Lantern Festival, it’s almost March. He hopes you will save energy. Come back, join him in the ancestor worship ceremony held by the Wade family in Waderest Mountain.”
Charlie asked in surprise, “Holding an ancestor worship ceremony?”
“Yes.” Philip said: “Your Wade family originally held an ancestor worship ceremony once in twelve years. It happened to be this year, and Waderest Mountain was developed for more than three years. The construction was just completed last spring. Wade family moved to the ancestral tomb in the fall. So this year’s Qingming Festival is also the first Qingming Festival when Waderest’s tomb was moved to Waderest Mountain.”
“So your grandfather wants to hold a grand ceremony for ancestor worship. At that time, not only your Wade, but also dozens of Wade branches across the country will also go to participate. You are the grandson of the Wade family, and he hopes you can be there, and formally pay homage to your parents by the way.”
The Wade Family’s ancestor worship is the most grand family ceremony in the entire Wade Family.
Large families value ancestor worship, especially large families with a long history like the Wade family, which have a profound history and many branches, and they attach great importance to ancestor worship ceremony.
In fact, many wealthy families really want to engage in special ancestor worship ceremonies, but the real ancestor worship ceremonies are definitely not something ordinary families can do.
Some nouveau riche families want to hold an ancestor worship ceremony but can’t hold up this stage.
Because these people’s ancestors may have buried the ancestors of the last three or four generations in total, and when it comes to their identities, they may all be farmers in the previous generations. There is no tall story to tell for future generations.
Although the peasant class is also very worthy of respect, but in these upper-class societies, the ancestors did not have a strong enough identity background, and it is indeed somewhat ineffective.
Especially in the upper class of Eastcliff.
In addition to comparing money and power, it is the family origin and heritage.
In Eastcliff, there were many elders and children who were in power during the Manchu and Qing dynasties. When the ancestors of these families were in the Qing dynasty, they were all nobles. It was not which elder brother, which Gege, and even the first-rate elders in the dynasty was a member.
Such a family has a strong foundation. When the ancestor worship ceremony, if you take out two or three ancestors’ deeds and read it out, you can immediately give people a feeling of bullying.
The ancestors of the Wade family were also imperial officials. The ordinary family and the ancestors of the ancestors could not wait to build an ancestral hall for this ancestor in his hometown. However, the Wade family, the ancestors of the ancestors were awarded hundreds of scholars and ten of the champions. The top three, including the champion, made a total of 31.
With a history of nearly 300 years in the Qing Dynasty, there were 112 examinations in the imperial ways.
In these nearly three hundred years, a total of more than 20,000 scholars and 114 champions were awarded.
The great Wade family accounted for nearly one-tenth, which was an extremely remarkable achievement.
It is precisely because of the talents of the ancestors that the Wade family can continue to exist for hundreds of years, and it has always been quite strong. Even in the era of war, it was at least a formidable one.
The Wade family has opened branches and leaves for so many years. There are at least tens of thousands of Wade family descendants all over the world, and a considerable number of them have gone overseas.
Their ancestors, going back hundreds of years, are the ancestors of the Wade family.
It’s just that in ancient times, the eldest son inherited the mantle, and the other sons and daughters had to separate their families. Therefore, more and more Wade family members were reduced to collateral families, leaving only the descendant line as the real suzerain family.
It’s like Charlie’s father has three brothers. According to the ancient rules, after Charlie’s father’s death, the three sons of the Wade family will be separated. By then, the eldest son, Andrew, will inherit most of the family business and residence.
The second and third sons should leave the original Wade family mansion with their family members after three years of filial piety for their father, and start another family by themselves.
In this way, the second son and third son’s two families became Wade family’s collateral family.
At this time, the two collateral families were still relatively close to the suzerain family. After all, the second, third, and eldest brothers were still the brothers of the main one.
But by the time of Charlie’s generation, it was Charlie’s cousin who inherited the mantle of the suzerain family, so the relationship between the two collateral families and the suzerain family is separated by another generation.
By the time of the third and fourth generations, these two collateral families have also derived several more detailed collateral families, so they are farther away from the suzerain family.
If it lasts for five or six generations, the span may have been more than 100 years.
At that time, they probably don’t know each other at all, and they could only find the names of descendants of other collateral families on the genealogy.
Therefore, as the suzerain family, it is necessary to use the ceremony of worshipping the ancestors to gather people from the collateral family at regular intervals.
After you get to know and get acquainted with each other, and after worshipping the common ancestor together, the connection between bloodlines will be strengthened.
This is also a necessary way for large families to maintain their strength.
Therefore, the Wade family not only holds an ancestor worship ceremony every twelve years, but also revises the entire Wade family’s genealogy at the ancestor worship ceremony.
Between these twelve year and the last twelve years, each family will have a new heir born, an older generation will die, and young adults will marry.
Therefore, every twelve years, countless branches of the Wade family report the population changes of their family over the past twelve years to the suzerain family.
At that time, the suzerain family will select a respected Old Master to personally renew the genealogy, and write down the names and deeds of these people one by one.
The existing Wade family tree records the names of millions of Wade family descendants, as well as the names of millions of their spouses, such as Wade family’s son XX, whose daughter XX was married, or the Wade family daughter married to whose son so so and so on.
Each revision of the genealogy is also very grand.
The female parent of the genealogy is stored in a safe with constant temperature and humidity, and is invited out by the descendants of the Wade family every time the ancestor worships.
They come out and after the worship, they must immediately and respectfully invite the mother back.
Later, renew the new genealogy.
After the renewal of the new genealogy is completed, grandly invite the new genealogy back, and keep it together with the countless parents.
All the Wade family members regard the genealogy as a family sacred object, sacred and inviolable.
The suzerain family is the only family that has the right to retain the genealogy. Therefore, every time a collateral family comes to worship the ancestors, in addition to three bows and nine worships to the genealogy, it will also have a natural sense of belonging to the suzerain family.
This is like the ancient emperor and ministers, through cumbersome etiquette, rituals, and strict rules and inheritance, to strengthen the Director’s mind, the idea of loyalty to the emperor is essential.
This is also a great support for the suzerain family to let the collateral family bow their heads.
However, Charlie has no impression of Wade Family’s ancestor worship ceremony.
The last ancestor worship ceremony was twelve years ago, when he was still in Aurous Hill Welfare Institute;
The last ancestor worship ceremony was twenty-four years ago. At that time, he was too young, so young that he has no memory of this incident.
However, although he can no longer find the memory of the ancestor worship ceremony 24 years ago, he is still very clear about the Wade Family’s ancestor worship ceremony. The grandest worship ceremony for parents.
Therefore, he couldn’t help but look forward to it.
He wasn’t expecting to pay homage to the ancestors of the Wade family. He just expected to pay respect to his parents in a respectable, upright, grand, and pompous manner.
The last time he followed Philip to worship his parents, he had to pretend to be Philip’s driver, and he failed to walk to his parents’ grave with his true identity and kowtow. This has always been a regret in his mind.
So he said to Philip: “Uncle, please tell my grandfather that I will come to the ancestor worship ceremony at Qingming Festival!”
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